A recent report by the Massachussets chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that bullying and harassment of Muslim schoolchildren that was rife before the pandemic has returned. During the pandemic’s remote learning phase, reports of school bullying essentially went down to zero. With classes now back in person, cas...
PARIS – The decision by another French city to allow women to wear head-to-toe swimwear at public pools – dubbed ‘burkinis’ – has once again reignited the contentious debate over religious clothing in France. Grenoble in southeastern France became the second city in the country to allow the wearing of burkinis – worn by some ...
ANKARA / PARIS (AA): A mosque affiliated with Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) in France’s northeastern province of Metz was attacked on Thursday night. The mosque was damaged in a fire that broke out after unknown persons lobbed three Molotov cocktails on the walls of the mosque. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ali Durak, presi...
ANKARA – The rise of the far-right in Europe should not be underestimated, a prominent Spanish journalist and writer has warned. Miguel Gonzalez, the author of a recent book on Spain’s far-right Vox party, spoke to foreign press members in Madrid. The Spanish journalist said anti-Muslim immigration is the common view of the far right [&h...
PARIS (AA) – France’s General Inspectorate for the National Police in the public prosecutor’s office in Nanterre on Wednesday opened an investigation into the beating of two women wearing headscarves by three officers in the town of Asnieres on April 14, according to French news outlet Le Figaro. An initial complaint was filed by the [&h...
STOCKHOLM – A riot broke out when the leader of the far-right Danish party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) burned another copy of the Muslim holy book Quran. Rasmus Paluda, who went to the Uppsala Mosque under the protection of the police, continued his provocation of burning the copies of the Quran. Around 10 people rushed […]
BERLIN (AA) – A Berlin court has upheld a ban on a planned pro-Palestine demonstration in the German capital. Due to alleged anti-Semitic incidents on the sidelines of an anti-Israel protest last week, the Berlin administrative court endorsed the ban imposed by police earlier this week, a court official told the German Press Agency (dpa) [&hel...
NICE, France – A French voluntary group ‘Cage’ is considering legal action against the Inter-ministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalization (CIPDR) for attacking the group and linking it with radical elements. It said the group has been allegedly targeted for exposing state-sanctioned Islamophobia. Rayan...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Police in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh arrested seven people Thursday for allegedly throwing pieces of pork, letters abusing Muslims and torn pages of an Islamic text at three mosques and a shrine in an attempt to instigate communal violence. They said in a statement that the incidents took place […]
PARIS (AA) – French prosecutors on Wednesday launched a preliminary investigation into the “profiling” of Muslims by a far-right website. Taha Bouhafs, a French journalist, stated on social media that the Paris Prosecutor’s Office has launched the investigation into the Fdesouche website that has reportedly labelled Mus...
